EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<\/p>\n
Myanmar is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against\u00a0Women (CEDAW) and, as such, must fulfill its obligations to ensure both de jure and de facto equality\u00a0for women. Yet, despite these obligations, women and girls across Myanmar face serious obstacles\u00a0to realizing their rights to substantive equality and non-discrimination. In this Report, the Gender\u00a0Equality Network (GEN) and Global Justice Center (GJC) highlight multiple barriers facing women\u00a0and girls in Myanmar and offer key areas where reforms are necessary in order to promote women\u2019s\u00a0rights and the equal enjoyment of freedoms. This report can be read as a baseline of the situation on\u00a0key indicators that affect the situation of women and girls in Myanmar, and therefore offers a\u00a0starting point for dialogue with the newly elected government. The goal of such dialogue is to jointly\u00a0tackle the systemic hurdles that impede the achievement of women\u2019s equality and reverse some of\u00a0the repressions under previous regimes. This report highlights general inequalities and discrimination\u00a0faced by all women in Myanmar, but it must be noted that certain marginalized groups, such as\u00a0ethnic women, rural women and older women, are not specifically discussed herein, but nonetheless\u00a0experience additional and intersecting forms of discrimination.<\/p>\n
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